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Legislative elections were held in Luxembourg on June 13, 1999. Voters elected 60 members of the Grand Duchy's unicameral legislature, the Chamber of Deputies.
The election coincided with the 1999 European Parliament election.
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| List # | Party | Running in | Existing seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | Est | Nord | Sud | ||||
| 1 | The Left | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 17 | |||||
| 3 | Democratic Party (DP) | 12 | |||||
| 4 | Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice | 5 | |||||
| 5 | Green and Liberal Alliance (GaL) | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 21 | |||||
| 7 | The Greens | 5 | |||||
| 8 | The Taxpayer | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Party of the Third Age | 0 | |||||
| Parties | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 30.1 | -1.3% | 19 | -2 | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | 22.4 | +2.5% | 15 | +3 | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 22.3 | -2.5% | 13 | -4 | |
| Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR) | 11.3 | +4.3% | 7 | +2 | |
| The Greens | 9.1 | -1.8% | 5 | - | |
| The Left | 3.3 | N/A | 1 | N/A | |
| Green and Liberal Alliance (GaL) | 1.1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
| The Taxpayer | 0.4 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
| Party of the Third Age | 0.1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
| Total | - | - | 60 | - | |
| Source: Service Information et Presse | |||||
Under Luxembourg's electoral system the country is divided into four multi-member constituencies: Centre, Est, Nord, and Sud. Voters may vote for as many candidates as the region elects Deputies. The number of voters cast for each party therefore cannot be stated.
The CSV won pluralities in three of the four circonscriptions, falling behind the Democratic Party in Centre (around Luxembourg City) but beating the LSAP in its core Sud constituency. Much of the realignment nationally can be explained by a weakening of the LSAP's position in Sud, which has the most seats and where the LSAP's share of the vote fell from 33.5% to 29.8%, to the advantage of both the CSV and the DP.[1]
| CSV | DP | LSAP | ADR | Greens | The Left | GaL | Taxpayer | Pv3A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | 28.0% | 30.1% | 17.2% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 1.3% | - |
| Est | 32.4% | 24.6% | 18.0% | 13.6% | 8.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | - | - |
| Nord | 31.3% | 24.3% | 16.5% | 16.7% | 9.2% | 1.4% | 0.8% | - | - |
| Sud | 30.3% | 15.4% | 29.8% | 9.5% | 8.7% | 5.0% | 0.9% | - | 0.4% |
The CSV won pluralities across almost all of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 86 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in 14 communes, mostly in the Red Lands in the south. The DP won 18 communes, particularly in its heartland of Luxembourg City and the surrounding communes.[1]